They are actually on a hovercraft!They drive(?) along the beach, so they have unlimited access to water and sand.They are heading to the river.When they disappear, it's just because one of them is steering.Waterlevel: I am guessing that as they accumulate more sand on the hovercraft, it gets heavier, so it slowly descends, which makes the water/sand level seem higher.

Actually, the last point could be easily tested by comparing the sea level with the number of black pixels (on the non-water area, if you wish to be extra picky) using the same key frames.

Is anyone extra-bored?

(Also, I assume some kind of force field that prevents the sand from falling off due to engine vibrations)

If this were the case, I would expect there to be eels at some point.

That would be good, but the sand would need to be removed in order to fill the hovercraft.

To save Time, we could skip that and proceed directly to the delightfully exploding nipples.

Alas, I came to this thread hundreds of newpix after the Beginning of Time. As penitence for my lateness and as a demonstration of my devotion I have set out on a quest to read every page of the One True Thread, like the noble Beidah long before me.

Quest progress: 77 out of 223 pages.The Populated Period of Expansion. NP 156.

I send forth this message now in the fervent hope that I shall encounter it again on my journey, tangled in the thread of Time.

Knight Temporal of the One True ComicBlitzGirl the Pink, Mopey Molpy Mome

BlitzGirl wrote:Alas, I came to this thread hundreds of newpix after the Beginning of Time. As penitence for my lateness and as a demonstration of my devotion I have set out on a quest to read every page of the One True Thread, like the noble Beidah long before me.

Quest progress: 77 out of 223 pages.The Populated Period of Expansion. NP 156.

I send forth this message now in the fervent hope that I shall encounter it again on my journey, tangled in the thread of Time.

All congratulations to BlitzGirl, for reading another 146 pages and reaching this point. Success on the remaining pages.

squonk wrote:Looks like you grossly underestimated the passing of time.

tman2nd wrote:I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas.

This thought comes up regulary and is commonly answered with a "no" by someone feeling sure knowing the Truth (tm).

If I'm allowed to file an own request for our Chief Pixel Counters: I'd like to see the graph of sum(changed pixels) for each newpix(n) --> newpix(n+1).

He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him, in case this is the first place a glitch is identified, such as the first pan/zoom the unveiled a pic a few hours early, and one of them posted to the thread his appology that the server couldn't quite figure out what timezone it was in.

Stereo wrote:Postby Stereo » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:16 pm UTCHi guys, Randall says "oops, sorry about the brief wrong-frame update; there was a disagreement between servers about time zones. it's being sorted out and the normal timeline should resume momentarily."

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

Former Forever member of the OTT, now moved on to other things sucked back in by the wowterful wonder of the thread...

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

tman2nd wrote:I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas.

This thought comes up regulary and is commonly answered with a "no" by someone feeling sure knowing the Truth (tm).

If I'm allowed to file an own request for our Chief Pixel Counters: I'd like to see the graph of sum(changed pixels) for each newpix(n) --> newpix(n+1).

He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him, in case this is the first place a glitch is identified, such as the first pan/zoom the unveiled a pic a few hours early, and one of them posted to the thread his appology that the server couldn't quite figure out what timezone it was in.

Stereo wrote:Postby Stereo » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:16 pm UTCHi guys, Randall says "oops, sorry about the brief wrong-frame update; there was a disagreement between servers about time zones. it's being sorted out and the normal timeline should resume momentarily."

I'm still hoping Randall takes the hint and makes a book from this comic - flip book perhaps?I'd love to see some of his musings under each about his thoughts on putting this whole thing together, snafu's he had to deal with, or his take on what the fourm was doing in response at that point in the reveal.

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

So pixels could be self arranging the way that last clump of 9 cheerios in the milk slways make a comma shape?

But I'm telling you -- there might not BE any 'Randall'. It's natural for us humans to want to attribute everything to some 'daddy in the sky' who does all the drawing. but it might just as well be normal Universal Laws of Pixilization that are simply playing out in front of us.

Former Forever member of the OTT, now moved on to other things sucked back in by the wowterful wonder of the thread...

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

So pixels could be self arranging the way that last clump of 9 cheerios in the milk slways make a comma shape?

Yes! Just because our human brains want to see a pattern, doesn't mean that some mystical forces is at work...

It could just be tidal forces in the milk. Simple, normal, natural phenomenon without any intelligent design.

Former Forever member of the OTT, now moved on to other things sucked back in by the wowterful wonder of the thread...

All hail divine Lord RandallAuthor of the One True ComicIllustrator of SandcastlesKeeper of the NewpixCreator of TimeWe have seen the CastlesWe reject the OutsideWe watch TimeWe do not restWe Wait For It

ChronosDragon wrote:The One True Comic is absolute, it is usually reality that is inaccurate.

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

Okay, I give up. I skiped from page 194 to current, after 96 Newpix of trying to catch up after a 136 Newpix break. You people are far too talkative.

Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

“have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

P.S. I am Randall, but not that Randall.We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

I went back into the previous posts to try and find the script someone rote that built "sand"castles automaticly. but then i got sidetracked reading previous posts again

-That's Cardinal bigcrag92 to you, the holy alium, secretary of the CDT. Got a hat and everything

peewee_RotA wrote:Welcome aboard. May the Timeframes ahead be filled with trebuchets.

Dracomax wrote:Okay, I give up. I skiped from page 194 to current, after 96 Newpix of trying to catch up after a 136 Newpix break. You people are far too talkative.

Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

He could even have set it up to grab keywords from the fora as inspiration, just to completely mess with us. But the madness might have proven that wrong, since we didn't see "Where the river be now?"

astrotter wrote:It is not particularly clear to me at this time that we are not overanalyzing this...

Randalspeed thunk, iskinner, and other blitzers! Notes from the before-was improve the after-when. Some Ways to Time

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

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"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

I went back into the previous posts to try and find the script someone rote that built "sand"castles automaticly. but then i got sidetracked reading previous posts again

kryton and others... wrote:"I wonder if he reads this thread and takes into account our ideas."

<snip>

"He doesn't have time since he's churning out these sticky sand/coffee/dandruf/darkmatter/caffinatedsemencancerbaby pixles as fast as he can.BUT, very likely he has a team of seraphim watching the thread for him"

You know, it occured to me during my last coma: it might not be neccessary to attribute this all to a creator. I mean, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon instead of the work of intelligent design.

Perhaps there are some basic universal laws of pixilization that could be discovered that would fully define Time without having to bring in superstition and belief in some arbitrary 'artist' who supposedly is directing everything that happens...

I went back into the previous posts to try and find the script someone rote that built "sand"castles automaticly. but then i got sidetracked reading previous posts again

So my latest crazy theory: I reckon Megan will return with a giant flamethrower.

Rationale?

They are on the edge of a river/lake and building in the stuff from the shore. That is probably muddy clay-ey material. Now that they have a life-sized rampart / castle / tower / rocket, they will want to make it permanent and liquid-proof — by firing the clay!

Dracomax wrote:Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

Former Forever member of the OTT, now moved on to other things sucked back in by the wowterful wonder of the thread...

Dracomax wrote:Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

And there's no way to tell, because if this creator did, in fact exist, he isn't talking to us.

“have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Dracomax wrote:Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

And there's no way to tell, because if this creator did, in fact exist, he isn't talking to us.

Hmmmm....

Well, I kind of like your Big BONG theory.

But it does beg the questions: Who or what created the creator and what existed before the beginning of Time?

Former Forever member of the OTT, now moved on to other things sucked back in by the wowterful wonder of the thread...

Dracomax wrote:Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

And there's no way to tell, because if this creator did, in fact exist, he isn't talking to us.

Hmmmm....

Well, I kind of like your Big BONG theory.

But it does beg the questions: Who or what created the creator and what existed before the beginning of Time?

Everyone knows you can't prove the creator exists, you have to take it as a matter of FAITH

-That's Cardinal bigcrag92 to you, the holy alium, secretary of the CDT. Got a hat and everything

peewee_RotA wrote:Welcome aboard. May the Timeframes ahead be filled with trebuchets.

Dracomax wrote:Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

And there's no way to tell, because if this creator did, in fact exist, he isn't talking to us.

Hmmmm....

Well, I kind of like your Big BONG theory.

But it does beg the questions: Who or what created the creator and what existed before the beginning of Time?

Before the beginning of Time there existed some strange thing also called the Past. It's probably like some negative Time.

When it comes to faith, I have a simple crede: trust, but verify. You must test faith, or it is no faith at all. if you are rational, and your faith does not conform to the presented facts, then you must adjust your faith. this is why the snow heresy died out, as the facts presented in Time have disproved them.

“have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland